Reflecting on Shape and Sound
Before I even start, I want to say that I do not have all of the answers. If I did, I would not need to write this. There may be factors...
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benfrankpawl
Apr 7, 20202 min read
Social Distancing Together
The Covid-19 global pandemic has in many ways put a stop to the way we live our everyday lives, but it hasn't stopped us from being...
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benfrankpawl
Sep 2, 20192 min read
Middle School eh?
On Friday, I accepted a position as a middle-school Art teacher, and school starts on Tuesday. That is four days, or 96 hours, or 5,760...
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benfrankpawl
Aug 14, 20196 min read
Stayin Weird
Just over a year ago, I was beginning to plan things out for the imminent school year. I was not doing a complete revamp of a curriculum,...
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benfrankpawl
Oct 1, 20173 min read
Space Chicken
Space Chicken is an idea I have been playing with lately. It is a set of cards designed to give its user a variety prompts that can be...
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benfrankpawl
Sep 16, 20171 min read
Art Verbs
I meant for this to be a smaller project that would inform some larger ones, but the 4th grade students knocked it so far out of the park...
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benfrankpawl
Apr 20, 20172 min read
Andy Steinbrink
If I was as cool as I wanted to be in high school, my bedroom would have felt a lot like Steinbrink's current installation at MOCA,...
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benfrankpawl
Jan 9, 20174 min read
Ragnar Kjartansson
I find myself at a hurdle that I have seen before. I come across an artist that I was not familiar with and I want to tell everyone all...
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benfrankpawl
Jan 8, 20178 min read
months later: our A-Z West experience
Coming from a big family, we went through our share of station wagons. I remember most of them having seats in the “way-back” that faced...
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benfrankpawl
Aug 31, 20162 min read
Imaginary Invention Advertisements
Who wants an Automatic Pizza Hat? How about a machine that eats your nightmares? This Christmas, every man, woman, and child will want a...
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benfrankpawl
Aug 31, 20161 min read
Student "Calling" Cards
This is a quick assignment I am doing with all of my classes at the beginning of the year. I use blank playing cards, but it could be...
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benfrankpawl
Aug 2, 20162 min read
Color Recipe Book
This project was a great investigation into making new colors. It incorporated math, some creative writing, and of course some...
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benfrankpawl
May 10, 20162 min read
Toyin Ojih Odutola
I discovered Odutola when I was looking for new portrait artists to introduce to my 5th grade students. Portraits can be and mean so many...
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benfrankpawl
Apr 15, 20162 min read
Keiichi Tanaami
The work of Keiichi Tanaami feels like a scream in the face. It is work that gets your attention and keeps it. It pulls you in with an...
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benfrankpawl
Mar 18, 20162 min read
Brian Jungen
His work isn’t quite dark enough to think he is the grown up version of the neighbor kid, Sid, from Toy Story who used to take apart all...
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benfrankpawl
Mar 18, 20162 min read
Lisa Yuskavage
Originally written in November 2011 I got to catch Lisa Yuskavage’s newest solo exhibit at theDavid Zweiner gallery on a recent trip...
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benfrankpawl
Jan 10, 20161 min read
Bananas
Maybe I should write on here more often....
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